English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Wantage

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wantage

Historical Forms

  • æt Waneting c.880(e.11th),c.954(c.1400) EHD
  • Uuanating 893 Asser 11th
  • (to) Waneting c.950 ASWills 11th
  • Wánetingc c.995 Liebermann 12th
  • Wanetinz 1086 DB 1157 P
  • Wanetinga, Waneting' 1176 P 1345 Pat
  • Wauneting' 1222 Cur
  • Wanetunge 1247 Cl
  • Wanetigg' 1258 Cl
  • Wanetench' 1267–8 FF
  • Waneteng' 1269 Cl
  • Wanetenge 1270 Pat
  • Waneth' 1275–6 RH
  • Wanetinche 1314 FF
  • Wanting' 1255 Cl
  • Wantyng 1339 Pat 1379 BM 1380 Fine
  • Wantenge 1392,1406 Fine
  • Wantynche 1429 ib
  • Wantynge 1430 ib
  • Wantinge 1432 ib
  • Wantage 1517 DInc
  • Wanting al Wantage 1657 BM
  • Wantinge 1679 PubLib

Etymology

Originally a stream-name, for which v. Pt 117–18. v. Ch 3203 for a discussion of the development –inğ >age , which is due to dissimilation of n - - n .